Improvement in saddle or sweat cloths



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT sPENOER, OE NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN SADDLE OR SWEAT CLOTHS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 111,944, dated March15, 1864.

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT SPENCER, of the city of Newark, in the countyof Essex and State Of New Jersey, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Saddle Or Sweat Cloths Y fOr Military and other Purposes;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making a part of this speeication, in which- Figure lis aperspective-view of my said cloth, and Fig. 2 a transverse section Ofthe same; and Fig. 3 shows various modifications of my said inventionwhen applied under Or in connection with the saddle.

Heretofore saddle-cloths have been made of two or more pieces ofmaterial stitched together and presenting a seam along the ridge Or backofthehorseto theinj ury oftentimesof both horse and rider. The cloth hasalso heretofore been made either of a single thickness Or by stitchingtwo or more part-s one upon the other, a method Open to objection on thescore of expense and want of uniformity Or graduation Of the cloth. Theobject is therefore to Overcome these objections and at the same time toproduce a cloth thoroughly graduated as tO thickness, stron g andserviceable,without seam or ridge, shaped to the back of the horse, andin every respect adapted to its purpose.

The object is further to make such a combination Of materials in makingthe cloth, introduced and worked in in s uch a manner as to produce inthe cloth all the essential quali` fications necessary in theserespects-viz., cheapness, strength, lightness, elasticity, absorption,and ventilation.

In the drawings, A is the cloth, shaped, as

represented in Fig. I, to the outline Of the back of the horse andgraduatedin thickness, as shown by the section, Fig. 2, being thethickest under the bearings Of the saddle b b, Fig. 2, and thin at theedges, also along the line Of the center, where it is perforated, asshown in Fig. I.

The cloth may be formed of any suitable material (wool or camel s hairbeing preferred) and felted and fulled in the usual and required manner,or it may be woven in any suitable and convenient way. Horse Or cattlehair may be introduced to thicken and form the bearings b b, Fig. 2, Orthe same may be made up of successive layers of felt or other fabric, asexperience may show to be the best.

In Fig. 3 the cloth A is secured to the sad-A dle by means of thepockets K K, already patented, and the exterior felt C C is only amodication of A placed over the saddle to form a seat for the rider, orit maybe extend- ROBT. SPENCER.

Witnesses:

DANIEL F. TOMPKINs, ELIAs TAYLOR.

